Four specialists (a child psychiatrist, an oncologist, a cardiologist and a rheumatologist) conducted telemedicine clinics using videoconferencing at a bandwidth of 128-384 kbit/s. The consultations were videorecorded. The ...

Lacking effective modalities to treat obesity in children puts doctors and nurses at the forefront of the ethical dilemma of saving a child’s life with a risky and poorly researched bariatric surgical procedure. The following ...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a lifetime, probably systemic condition of unknown cause, resulting in a spinal curve or curves of ten degrees or more in about 2.5% of most populations. However, in only about 0.25% does ...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the two conflicting methods of adolescent sex education and to identify the viewpoints established by each side. The author will explore the impact of sex education on the health and ...

Each year, traumatic brain injury (TBI) claims over 50,000 lives, and leaves 35% of survivors with long term disabilities.
Elderly adults often suffer greater morbidity and mortality from TBI. Despite the large and ...

Abstract Background American Indians (AI) have the highest smoking rates of any ethnic group in the US (40.8%), followed most closely by African Americans (24.3%) and European Americans (23.6%). AI smokers also have more ...

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an inflammation of the liver, usually found in conjunction with Type II diabetes, and
results in fibrosis and a buildup of fatty acids. A current mouse model of this disease combines ...

Abstract Background Detecting epistatic interactions associated with complex and common diseases can help to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of these diseases. With the development of genome-wide association ...

Abstract Background Preeclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality world-wide. The risk for developing preeclampsia varies depending on the underlying mechanism. Because the ...